Huntress 2 - NaNoWriMo 2014

Chapter 18

My outfit for the next day was a bright red skirt that reached mid thigh and was kind of poofy. The top was a black tank top and I even put on a long, silver necklace. My shoes were the same ones I wore yesterday and I decided to get ready after I ate breakfast. I went by myself because Hayes and Marik were both still sleeping, and the chefs were just finishing up cooking everything. So I got first dibs!

When I finished, people were just starting to wake up. I went back to my room and Hayes and Marik were talking in hushed tones. They looked a little alarmed. "Good morning!" I yelled out to them when they didn't notice I had returned.

Both of them let out a sigh of relief when they saw me.

"Breakfast is great when you get first dibs," I commented while beaming at them.

"How long were you gone for?" Hayes asked. He was kind of angry.

I rolled my eyes, "relax, I only left to eat breakfast."

Marik let out a sigh and seemed to relax, but Hayes wouldn't. "I've had it with you!" He yelled. I froze and saw Marik go on high alert. Despite the fact they were both in their pj's still, something was about to go down. "You're not normal! You're crazy and you need help! I'm done looking after you! I hate it! I hate you!"

He was yelling, but he didn't attack. Instead he grabbed his things and left the room quickly. I was still frozen on the spot. I mean, when we were travelling together he seemed kind of annoyed. But he was good for the last week or so. I guess some people just bottle up their emotions.

"Oh thank god he's finally gone," Marik let out a sigh of relief.

I raised an eyebrow at him, "why are you happy about that?"

He smirked at me a little, "because now if I do this, no one will be around to find out."

"Do what?" I asked quietly. What was going on in his elf brain?

Before I realized it, he had closed the distance between us and pressed his lips to mine. My eyes went wide and he pulled away. I scrunched my eyebrows in confusion but he just smiled and walked over to his bed.

I pursed my lips, that was really unexpected. Why would he do that? I don't understand his motivation. Did he like me? What am I supposed to do now?

I looked around the room and decided I should probably start getting ready for tonight. It will take a while for my hair to turn out the way I want it to look. I sat down at the makeup table in the room and pulled out my curling iron. Oh crap, I forgot.

No electricity.

"Hay Marik?"

"Yes," he practically sang.

I rolled my eyes, "you can do magic and things like that right?"

He appeared behind me suddenly and I jumped, "sort of, why?"

I gave him a fake smile and he looked at me confused, "can you like heat my curling iron so I can do my hair?"

His eyebrows scrunched in confusion, "your what?"

I sighed, this was going to take a while.

When I had explained to him what is supposed to happen, he sat off to the side while I did my hair. I almost burnt my hair a few times when he got a little distracted by nothing. Literally nothing, he wouldn't even hold a conversation with me. It was a weird change from his earlier mood.

I curled a chunk my hair then rolled it in a large roll, bobby pinned it to my head and sprayed some hairspray over it to keep it in place. When I had my whole head in rollers, I added some more hairspray for good measure.